With the increasingly fierce competition among the major players in the mobile phone market, the market share of smart phones has changed a lot. Xiaomi, once the king of cost performance, is no longer popular. After experiencing the unsatisfactory sales of Xiaomi 5, Xiaomi finally launched the new flagship Xiaomi 5s and Xiaomi 5s Plus recently, both of which are also equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processors, The former is relatively small and uses a 5.15-inch screen, while the latter uses a 5.7-inch FHD screen, which is the first time that Xiaomi has launched a dual flagship. Today, let's see how the flagship Xiaomi 5s Plus performs.
Unpacking&Appearance
Although Xiaomi 5s and 5s Plus are the flagship of the same series, their appearances are far from each other. If the appearance of the new design of the 5s is compared to the emerging human of the Xiaomi family, the 5s Plus retains all the traditional design styles of the Xiaomi family, which seems a little conservative. Different from the almost identical design of flagship brands, Xiaomi's launch of 5s and 5s Plus may be intended to provide users with different choices. Fashion vs tradition allows users to choose according to their own preferences. In today's increasingly fierce smartphone competition and low brand loyalty, humanization is the root of retaining users.
The packaging of Xiaomi 5s Plus continues Xiaomi's consistent style. It is a simple white paper box with only MI logo printed in the middle.
The words "Xiaomi 5s Plus" are printed on the side to indicate his identity. We got the All Netcom version, which supports dual cards and dual standby All Netcom.
When the package was opened, the Xiaomi 5s Plus was introduced. Yes, the appearance of the Xiaomi 5s Plus is a very "Xiaomi" mobile phone. The traditional three touch buttons and the short earpiece are the symbolic design of the Xiaomi mobile phone. Different from the design of previous generations, the 5s Plus does not retain the traditional MI logo on the front panel, which is more concise.
The accessories are relatively simple, only including protective sleeve, instruction manual, charger, USB Type-C data cable and card pin.
The attached charger is 5V-2.5A/9V-2A/12-1.5A fast charging charger.
The real body of Xiaomi 5s Plus is very Xiaomi family style. After not retaining the logo of Xiaomi, its front is more simple. Although the design of smart phones is becoming more and more homogeneous, and the brand recognition is getting lower and lower, users who are familiar with mobile phones can easily identify the 5s Plus phone.
Xiaomi 5s Plus uses a 5.7-inch screen with a resolution of 1080P and a ppi of 386. The proportion of the screen is controlled fairly well. The width of the black edge of the screen and the forehead and chin are controlled reasonably.
The 5s Plus does not use the 5s front fingerprint identification Home key, but retains the three physical touch keys that Xiaomi has always used.
The design of the back is different from the design style of the back of Xiaomi mobile phones in the past. It uses the metal wire drawing process, which has a great visual impact effect, and the overall workmanship is also quite good.
Because of the traditional design of three virtual keys, the 5s Plus still uses a post fingerprint identification system, with a fairly good overall recognition accuracy, rapid recognition, and top response speed.
Although the design of MIUI has been complained about by many Android fans, it has to be said that MIUI is still one of the most grounded mobile phones at present, and its localization is still outstanding. However, if the system level advertising can be controlled, MIUI will perform better.
The three touch keys are still old and strong. Compared with the physical Home key+touch multitasking/return, many users prefer a "unified" operating experience.
The earpiece follows the short design that Xiaomi always likes. On the right side of the earpiece is the sensor and front camera, and the LED light is hidden on the left panel.
The back actually adopts a three-stage design. The top and bottom are not made of plastic, but may be made of plastic. However, Xiaomi treats the surface texture of the material very close to the metal wire drawing, with only slight color difference, which gives a strong overall feeling.
The biggest change of 5s Plus is that it adopts dual rear cameras, which is different from the 1300+500 design of Red Rice Pro. 5s Plus adopts dual 13 million rear cameras, and adopts the design of color camera+black and white camera, which is similar to most of the dual camera schemes on the market at present.
The two rear cameras also have 13 million pixels. The color camera should be IMX258, and the black and white camera should be IMX MONO.
Although it adopts the design style that Xiaomi has always adopted, the 5s Plus is still one of the most beautiful models of Xiaomi.
The layout of the side of the fuselage also continues Xiaomi's consistent design. The SIM card slot is located on the left, the volume button and power button are located on the right, the headphone jack, noise reduction microphone and infrared transmitter are located on the top of the fuselage, and the bottom is the speaker hole, call microphone and USB Type-C interface.
The design of the back is also simplified. In addition to the necessary camera and fingerprint identification, only the Xiaomi logo is very simple. After experiencing the decline of Xiaomi 5, Xiaomi has made great efforts on the appearance of the 5s and 5s Plus this time. Although two different styles have been used, whether it is the youthful and fashionable 5s or the classic 5s Plus, it can be called the more successful appearance design scheme in Xiaomi's history.
Screen quality
Xiaomi 5s Plus uses a 5.7 inch FHD screen with a PPI of 386. After our test, the highest brightness reached 646.23 nits, and the sRGB color gamut was 99.9%. The average DeltaE is 3.2, and the maximum is 7.1. The color accuracy performance is fairly good, within the normal range. The color temperature is about 7582k, slightly cold.
Performance
Xiaomi 5s Plus uses 2 * 2.35GHz big core+2 * 2.188GHz small core Snapdragon 821 processor. The graphics processor is Adreno530 with the main frequency of 653MHz, and it is equipped with 4GB/6GB LPDDR4 dual channel operating memory. It is equipped with 64GB/128GB UFS2.0 built-in storage. It is one of the most powerful models in terms of hardware configuration at present. Before the current Snapdragon 821 has been widely distributed, Xiaomi 5s/5s Plus is currently the most significant model for reference.
Processor performance
In terms of processor performance, in the test of GeekBench 3, the Xiaomi 5s Plus did not show its proper performance. It did not play its normal role in both single core performance and multi-core performance. Therefore, GeekBench 3 is no longer used as a reference standard here. Among the scores of GeekBench4, the Snapdragon 821 single core has exceeded the best one plus three of 820 models, about 200 points ahead of Xiaomi 5, and the score of 8890 single core is basically the same. Of course, in the multi-core run, due to the lack of cores, there is still a gap compared with 8890. In the test of Pi and RAR, it has a certain improvement compared with Xiaomi 5, but the amplitude is not obvious.
Graphics Performance
In terms of graphics performance, Xiaomi 5s Plus uses Adreno530 with a frequency of 653MHz, while Snapdragon 820 is also Adreno530. Qualcomm claims that its performance is improved by about 5% compared with the latter. In our test, we can see that the data of the two are very close, and some projects even the model of Snapdragon 820 is more advanced. The two are basically at the same level, with no significant difference.
Disk read/write performance
In terms of disk reading and writing, the Xiaomi 5s Plus uses the same UFS2.0 storage chip as Xiaomi 5, but it is ahead of Xiaomi 5 in most test items. In particular, in terms of writing speed, whether continuous or random, it has significantly improved compared with Xiaomi 5. In terms of random reading, it has increased from 47.45 of Xiaomi 5 to 119.71 in one breath. Although there is still some gap compared with 136.62 of one plus three, the increase has been quite huge.
On the whole, the Xiaomi 5s Plus has improved significantly compared with the previous generation of products. Both the processor performance and the read-write speed of the built-in storage have improved significantly. In addition, the appearance design of the Xiaomi 5s Plus is far better than that of the previous generation of products. Xiaomi's quality improvement without price increase is still worthy of recognition.
Photo proof
The biggest change of 5s Plus is the use of dual rear cameras, which is different from the 13 million+5 million design of Hongmi Pro alone, The 5s Plus adopts a conventional dual 13 million rear camera design, which is a color camera+black and white camera design. The color camera is IMX258, and the black and white camera is IMX MONO. This combination is also a common dual camera configuration scheme at present. Now let's take a look at the specific imaging effect of Xiaomi's dual camera design.
Daytime sample:
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
In terms of white balance, the Xiaomi 5s Plus is slightly yellow, and the overall color of the screen is warm, especially in the red performance, which is gorgeous, but deviates from the true color, but the overall performance is still within the acceptable range. In terms of details, the Xiaomi 5s Plus is basically at the same level as the Samsung S7, and the sharpening effect is similar.
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
In this scene, the exposure of Xiaomi 5s Plus is slightly insufficient when it is in non HDR mode, so there is some loss of dark details, and the overall picture is also somewhat gray. After HDR is turned on, it has been improved to a certain extent, but the color is too gorgeous and deviates from the real color. However, whether HDR mode is turned on or not, the sharpening effect of font edges is slightly better than S7.
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
The white balance is still slightly yellow, but slightly better than the previous two sets of scenes. In the part of testing details, the details of the main object are not very different, but the sharpening is slightly inferior to S7, and the effect has been significantly improved after HDR is turned on. In the non main part of the picture, the tolerance of the 5s Plus is slightly lower. The lower and lower right leaves are completely inferior to S7. S7 can still distinguish a certain leaf contour. Xiaomi 5s Plus has been smeared into a piece.
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
In the scene of testing details, Xiaomi 5s Plus and S7 have little difference. They are almost at the same level. Xiaomi controls the noise slightly better, and the graininess is relatively light. But on the whole, the picture of Xiaomi 5s Plus is inexplicably white, which has been alleviated after HDR is turned on.
Night view sample:
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
In the night sample, the noise control of Xiaomi 5s Plus is slightly poor. Compared with S7, the graininess is obviously a little serious. After HDR is turned on, the picture brightness has improved, and the details have also improved. Overall, it is close to S7, but the noise control is still slightly lost.
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
The overall brightness of the picture is slightly lower than S7, and the noise is not as clean as S7, with a certain graininess. But just because of the low exposure, its overall appearance is better than S7. In the font of each signboard, its edge sharpening is also better than S7, with better recognition.
Left: Samsung S7 Middle: Xiaomi 5s Plus Right: Xiaomi 5s Plus HDR
100% magnification
In the scene with slightly lower light, Xiaomi's noise control problem suddenly appeared. Although it is better than the previous two scenes, its noise control is still slightly inferior to S7. The graininess is still heavy, and the smearing is not so clean. The details of the non main part of the picture are still not as good as S7, but fortunately it works hard on sharpening, so its font recognition is fairly good.
The Xiaomi 5s Plus has shown good quality in both daytime and nighttime samples, and its overall performance has exceeded our expectations. Although there is still a certain gap between it and the top camera models represented by Samsung S7, Xiaomi's efforts in taking photos are worthy of recognition. Although it does not use the IMX378 sensor used on Xiaomi 5s, However, the Xiaomi 5s Plus has become one of the best models for taking pictures in the history of Xiaomi.
Endurance and fever
Xiaomi 5s Plus has a built-in large capacity battery with a capacity of 3800mAh. Considering that it uses an IPS screen with a resolution of 1080P, its endurance performance should be expected. We used half an hour of NBA 2K15, half an hour of 4G Internet access, half an hour of WiFi Internet access, half an hour of video playback and one hour of music playback as test items.
After three hours of high-intensity endurance test, its remaining power is 82%, which is quite eye-catching. The 3800mAh battery combined with the reduced frequency version of Snapdragon 821 has an ideal endurance, which is more powerful than the 820 version of S7 edge and the 8890 version of S7. After the same intensity test, its remaining power is nearly 10% more than the Xiaomi 5.
Thanks to the heat control of the new Snapdragon 821 and the design of the metal back cover, the heat control of the Xiaomi 5s Plus is relatively ideal. After half an hour of NBA 2K15 testing, the body temperature is still very stable. The front temperature is 41.6 degrees Celsius, and the back temperature is only 37.8 degrees Celsius, which is only slightly higher than the body temperature. It is fairly well controlled in today's flagship models. Xiaomi has made certain restrictions on the frequency of the small core, but considering that there is no problem of jamming or slow operation in the overall use experience, which basically does not affect its overall performance, it seems reasonable to limit the core frequency in order to control the fuselage heating.
summary
Xiaomi 5s Plus, as Xiaomi's new flagship model, has adopted a completely different design style from that of the small flagship Xiaomi 5s Plus. Although the style is conservative, one large and one small, one stable and one young, it has enriched Xiaomi's product line, which can cover users who like changes but are not satisfied with the appearance design of Xiaomi 5, It can also take care of those users who are accustomed to the traditional design style of Xiaomi. Although the two computers of completely different sizes are somewhat incompatible, it is a simple and effective product strategy.
On the whole, the performance of the Xiaomi 5s Plus is very good. The hardware configuration is strong enough, the appearance is pretty exquisite, and the workmanship is also good. In addition to the excellent photography experience, it is excellent in all aspects, just like a perfect bucket. But when you really hold this phone, you will feel, well, this is a great Xiaomi phone, but is it missing a little surprise?
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